I’m happy to report that my newest book, An Introduction to Applied Behavioral Neuroscience, will be available in print on May 12 from Taylor & Francis. This was such a fun book to write. A highlight for me was collaborating with my daughter, Karla, who provided many of the illustrations Read more…
I’ve been having a lot of fun writing for the Counseling Schools website this year. This latest article is about Having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the Age of Covid. https://www.counselingschools.com/blog/covid-and-ocd
Mark Twain famously popularized the saying “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Statistics can be very persuasive, for good or evil purposes, but graphs representing statistics can be even more so. I’m not implying that people deliberately produce terrible graphs, although some do seem to be pushing an agenda or two. Read more…
I’m not a fan of masks–they’re uncomfortable, dirty, a hassle, and I’m not at all convinced that they do what they’re supposed to do, COVID-wise. That being said, if we have to do this, we might as well make a psychology lesson out of it. One of the interesting challenges Read more…
We have lived in our house for 35 years. During that time, our front and back gardens have undergone a number of iterations, making room for children’s play, adjusting for droughts and the inevitable skyrocketing water rates that accompany them, and backfilling when plants didn’t make it. Our front yard Read more…